KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 22- The Feline Panleukopenia virus targets cats and can spread swiftly to kill them within a week, via loss of appetite, high temperature, fatigue, vomiting and dry nose.
Veterinarian Ahmad Razeen Zulkifli said owners must vaccinate their cats each year, ensure their food bowls were clean and dispose off their faeces at least twice a day to avoid the virus.
“The virus has no cure. Intensive care is necessary if a cat is infected,” he said when met by Bernama at his clinic here recently.
In the meantime, Ahmad Razeen, 27, advised all cat owners intending to leave their cats at cat care centres to ensure they were properly managed and clean.
Holding a doctorate in veterinary medicine from Universiti Putra Malaysia, Ahmad Razeen operates the Muezza Veterinary Clinic in Diamond Square, Gombak.
He said, the clinic, which he ran with his family, also provided a cat care service, adding that cat owners should not casually transfer their responsibility to the care centre but must inform them of their cats’ diet and their behaviour.
– BERNAMA
